A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.

To divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.

(politics) Synonym of divide and conquer

A strategy for achieving political or military control.

In order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies.

To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.

(US) A dual carriageway

(information technology, sociology) The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies and those without it.

Something characterised by internal dissent or conflict.

simple past tense and past participle of divide up